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No. 529,370. Patented Nov. 20, 1894.

Unites States I PATENT @rrroa \VILLIAM F. DUNCKER, OF STEELTON,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO JACOB SHAAR, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 529,370, dated November20, 1894.

Application filed March 6,1894. Serial No. 502,563. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. DUNOKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Steelton, in the county of Dauphin and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Car-Fender, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in car fenders.

The object of the present invention is to simplify, improve and increasethe efliciency of fenders for electric, cable and other motor cars, tocause the brake to be automatically applied simultaneously with thebringing of the fender in operative position, and to pro vide the fenderwith a track brake.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated 2o in theaccompanying drawings and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a car providedwith afender constructed in accordance with this invention shown in itslowered or operative position. Fig. 2 is a similar View, the fenderbeing raised. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw- 0 ngs.

I designates a curved fender of any desired construction hingedlysuspended from the front of a car 2, and adapted to be swung downward tobring it in operative position, 5 and designed, when not in use, to beelevated, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the accompanying drawings, inorder to be clear of the track.

The fender, which is preferably composed of transverse slats 3 andcurved end-bars 4 of angle iron, is pivotally connected at the upperends of the bars 4: at 5 with the car. It is provided with rearwardlyextending connecting bars 6 having their front ends 7 pivotally attachedto the end bars 4: of the fen- 5 der, and having their rear endsbifurcated to form openings or slots 8, which loosely engage atransverse brake beam 9. The brake beam is suspended in the usualmanner, and carries the usual brake-shoes 10; and when the fender islowered to bring it into operative position the connecting bars arecarried rearwardly, moving with them the brake-beam, thereby forcing thebrake-shoes into engagement with the wheels and automatically applyingthe brake. The connecting bars serve to brace the fender, when thelatter isin operative position, and by having their rear ends looselyconnected with the brake-beam, the fender is adapted to rise to give toany inequality of the track, or to pass over an obstruction withoutliability of straining or otherwise injuring the connection between itand the brake-beam.

The fender is provided at its bottom, adjacent to its ends, withbrake-shoes 11 arranged to engage the track, or the rails thereof, toform a track brake to assist in retarding the forward motion of the carto effect a rapid stopping of the same. The brake-shoes 11 are attachedto the end bars 4, and the connecting bars 6 are parallel, and arearranged at opposite sides of the car adjacent to the brake-shoes of thefender and the brake-beam, which is the most advantageous position forbracing and supporting the parts, and their beveled front ends rigidlyengage the fender when lowered.

The fender is swung downward into operative position by a verticallydisposed ratchet bar 12 operating through a slot 13 of the bottom of-thecar, and provided at its top with a foot plate 14 to be engaged by thefoot of the motorman,and having its lower end connected by a spiralspring 15 with an arm 16 of the fender. The ratchet bar is provided withteeth at its rear edge arranged to engage a stationary stop plate 17 forholding the fender depressed. The arm 16 extends forward and downwardfrom the top of the fender; and the spiral spring forms a yieldingconnection or cushion between the arm and the ratchet bar to permit thefender to yield readily to any inequality of the track, Without injury,which might result were the parts rigidly mounted. 5

The fender is normally held elevated by springs 18 mounted on the carand engaging the fender or connected therewith.

In winter the fender may be provided with an oppositely curved flange19, which will en- 10o able the fender to serve as a snow-plow or trackcleaner; and any construction of flange may be employed for thispurpose.

It will be seen that the fender is simple and comparatively inexpensivein construction, that it maybe readily applied to any ordinaryconstruction of car, and that it is capable of being readily thrown intooperative position, and of effecting a simultaneous application of thebrake of the car together with an application of its track brake.

Changes in the form, proportion and the minor details of constructionmay be resorted to Without departing from the principle or sacrificingany of the advantages of this invention.

What I claim is- 1. The combination with a car having a transverse brakebeam carrying brake-shoes, of a fender hingedly connected with andsuspended from the car and located in advance of the brake-beam, and abar extending from the fender to the brake beam, and having its frontend movably connected with the former and loosely connected at its rearend to the brake-beam, substantially as and for the purpose described.

2. The combination with a car having a transverse brake-beam carryingbrake-shoes, of a fender hingedly connected with and suspended from thecar, and located in advance of the brake-beam, and a connecting barhaving its front end pivotally attached to the fender and provided atits rear end with an I opening loosely receiving the brake-beam,substantially as described.

3. The combination with a car, of a fender hingedly connected therewith,a vertically movable ratchet bar mounted on the car means for engagingthe ratchet bar and locking the same against upward movement, and aspring forming a yielding connection between the ratchet bar and thefender to permit the latter to yield to any inequalities of a track orthe like, substantially as described.

4. The combination with a car, of a fender suspended therefrom andhingedly connected therewith, and provided with a forwardly extendingarm, a ratchet bar mounted on the car means for engaging theratchet barto lock the same against upward movement, and pro vided at its upper endwith a foot plate, and a spiral spring interposed between the lower endof the ratchet bar and said arm and forming a yielding connection,substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination with a car having a transverse brake-beam carryingbrake-shoes, of a fender hingedly connected with the car and located inadvance of the brake-beam, connecting bars having'their front endspivotally attached to the fender and having their rear ends looselyconnected with the brakebeam, brake-shoes arranged at the bottom of thefender, and a yielding connection between the fender and the car forholding the former depressed, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VM. F. DUNOKER. WVitnesses:

JOHN H. SIeeERs, H. O. YATES.

